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The Way It Was

S HESITANT AS I am to inflate the ego of Kenny Omega any more than it already is, as ’s resident historian, I simply couldn’t let his historic accomplishment last April go by without recognition. At Rebellion, Omega defeated Rich Swann to become the Impact/TNA World heavyweight champion. Of course, there were a few things historic about this match—not the least of which was the fact that Omega was not a contracted Impact wrestler, but under contract with All Elite Wrestling. But, for my purposes, even more important was the fact Omega was already the

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